Three adult males were injured when a one-storey building under construction collapsed on Sunday afternoon at 96 Ishaga Road, directly opposite the Idi Araba Central Mosque in the Mushin area of Lagos State. According to a statement from the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, emergency services received a distress…
Seven-time champions Nigeria and hosts, and four-time champions Egypt, will both fight hard for the bronze medals when they clash in the third-place match of the ongoing Africa U20 Cup of Nations finals in Cairo on Sunday. Pundits rated both teams to emerge from their semi-final clashes, but the result went the other way, and…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rome, Italy, to attend the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday. The Presidency announced President Bola Tinubu’s arrival in Rome via a post on its official X handle at about 5:54 p.m. on Saturday. Tinubu is visiting Rome at the invitation…
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria suffered a loss to South Africa in the semifinal of the 2025 U-20 AFCON. The team led by Aliyu Zubairu suffered a 1-0 loss to the Amajita of South Africa in their semifinal U-20 AFCON clash on Thursday, May 15, 2025. The Flying Eagles came into the fixture after defeating…
American R&B singer Chris Brown, the former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, was arrested Thursday in the UK on suspicion of a serious 2023 assault at a London nightclub, reports said. Police detained Brown, 36, in the early hours of Thursday at a hotel in the northwestern city of Manchester London’s Metropolitan Police said a 36-year-old…
The Inspector-General of Police has re-arraigned social media influencer, Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations of cyberbullying actresses Iyabo Ojo, Tonto Dikeh, and music producer Samuel ‘Samklef’ Oguachuba. Content creator Otse, popularly known as VDM (VeryDarkMan), was re-arraigned on Thursday before Justice Liman…
The Senate on Thursday asked President Bola Tinubu to assent to the Nigerian Forest Security Service (Establishment) Bill, 2025, which was recently passed by the National Assembly and is currently awaiting presidential approval to tackle insecurity. The Senate adopted a resolution following the presentation of two motions sponsored by Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Abba Moro,…
Three members of the House of Representatives – one from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) – have officially dumped their parties for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Among the lawmakers who resigned from their parties were Oluwole Oke (PDP, Osun) and Kabiru Rurum and Abdullahi…
Harvard University says it will plough $250 million into funding “critical research” after the US government announced fresh budget cuts to the elite school. Federal agencies are cutting $2.6 billion in grants to Harvard University, citing allegations of discrimination at one of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions. In response, Harvard has filed a lawsuit…
Britain’s economy grew more than expected in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday, covering the period before business tax hikes and US President Donald Trump’s tariffs blitz took effect. The UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7% between January and March, according to a statement from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This…
